The Lass Of Carracastle reel

A single reel I’m getting to know and love. I like to follow it with Bonny Kate. Frankie Gavin performs a more elaborate version on his “Fierce Traditional” cd, and partners the tune in this instance with The Tailor’s Thimble.
Trevor

Frankie Gavin also recorded this with “De Danann” on the “Star Spangled Molly” LP. On that recording it was called “Morrison’s” - presumably James of that ilk.

This tune is attributed to Paddy Sweeney. The title is often confused with George White’s Favourite (https://thesession.org/tunes/718) due to some shadey liner notes on more than one album.

Flute and whistle players might prefer it in D:

X: 1
T: Lass of Carracastle, The
C: Paddy Sweeney
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
A2 dB A/B/A FA|BdAF GEEG|FDDE F~A3|B/c/d eg fddB|
ABdB A/B/A FA|BdAF GEEG|FDDE F~A3|1 B/c/d eg fddB:|2 B/c/d eg fdde||
fgaf g2 ef|gfed c~A3|fgaf g2 fg|abag fdde|
fgaf g2 ef|gfed c~A3|BGBd cdec|1 dfag fdde:|2 dfag fddB||

Hi,

Always played in D here.

Check
https://thesession.org/tunes/2088

Jim

https://thesession.org/tunes/2088

I’m afraid that this can only add to the confusion pointed out by Miss Lonelyhearts!

Sort of from the playing of Paddy Sweeney, lovely with f sharps and nats.

X: 1
T: Lass Of Carracastle
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Cmaj
GAcA G2 EG |(3ABc GE FEDF |E~C3 E~G3 |1 (3ABc df eccA :|2 (3ABc df ecc2 ||
egge ^f2 de | ^fedc BG G2 | egge ^f4 | gagf eccd |
egge ^f2 de | ^fedc BGGB | AGAc ~B3d | cegf eccA||

I got a version of this from Bobby Casey and Joe Ryan durign the early nineties and identified it at some point as Miss Longford. It has now appeared on Aoibhinn Crónán as The Lass of Carracastle and attributed to the pen of Paddy Sweeney.

It’s not the Lass of Carracastle posted on this site by the way.

https://thesession.org/tunes/5306

Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Mick O’Brien do a great job on this tune under the name of Miss Longford. A good set is Miss Longford, the Morning Dew, and the Geese in the Bog.

2 reels followed by a jig ?

Lad O Beirne’s reel version of the tune Kenny.

Paddy Ryan plays it in the set ‘George White’s/Carracastle Lass’ on the CD ‘The Mountain Road. A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo’.
There’s a collection of printed sheet music out there which goes under the same title as the CD and is intended as an accompanying book. Very useful indeed, although the versions are not exactly transcriptions. In the book, the title printed above the notation says: Carracastle Lass or Miss Langford.

The alternative title “Lady Mary Montague” can be found on the recording by Ben Lennon and Friends called “Dog Big and Dog Little” https://thesession.org/recordings/1201. It can also be found in John Bowie’s collection of 1789 where it is attributed to a J McDonald. Bowie (1759-1815) was a fiddler, composer and music-seller from Perth.

I wish someone would post sheetmusic closer to the version played by Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Mick O’Brien . I am not much good at playing by ear.

The version played by Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Mick O’Brien is actually closer to the Lass of Carracastle.

… who calls this tune John Eddie’s in her tunebook “A Drop in the Ocean”.

There’s a version of this on the Jesse Smith, Sean Gavin & John Blake album, Music from the Lost Continent. They play it in F major instead, and it sounds great.

Don’t know how I forgot about this………………….. referred to above 13 years ago :

https://youtu.be/aTQMbSjdgZA

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Another tune from Lets Have A Session,
Continuing The Tradition,
A Second Complication of Traditional Irish Music.
Settings Selected and Arranged by Kathleen Harte. Kathleen Harte is a Piano Accordion Player from Melbourne, Australia.

This is “Miss Langton’s” aka “Morrison’s”.
First tune here : https://youtu.be/aTQMbSjdgZA

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Great reel